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We love Science here at Ripley’s, especially when it involves amazing things like lasers, weird chemistry, and mind-blowing technology. From robots that are almost human, to a beam of sunlight that melts solid rock to the most useless machine ever made, you will find it all right here.
The Pen is Mightier than the Stomach
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
An unidentified 76-year-old woman had a pen stuck inside her stomach for the past 25 years, according to a report in the British Medical Journal. Doctors at a hospital in Exeter found the pen on a CT scan when the patient came to the hospital complaining of weight loss and ...
The 10,000 Year Clock
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 · 3 Comments
This is no ordinary clock There is a Clock ringing deep inside a mountain. It is a huge Clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. The primary materials used in the Clock are marine grade 316 stainless steel, titanium and dry running ceramic ball bearings. The ...
Plutonium Powered Pacemakers
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 · 5 Comments
What da? … A Nuclear Pacemaker?? Pacemakers are used to stimulate a regular heartbeat when the body’s natural electrical pacing system is irregular or not transmitting properly. Over the years, various power sources have been used for pacemakers, including thermoelectric batteries containing 2 to 4 curies of plutonium-238 (88 year half-life). ...
How Can Some People Hear Their Own Eyeballs Move?
Thursday, November 17, 2011 · 4 Comments
A disorder of the inner ear called superior canal dehiscence syndrome causes every sound within the body to be amplified, even the movement of one’s eyeballs, all the time. Sounds strange, but it is true (and treatable) … Believe It or Not! A CACOPHONY OF BODILY FUNCTIONS: Superior canal dehiscence ...
South Korean scientists create glowing dog
Thursday, November 10, 2011 · 13 Comments
South Korean scientists have created a beagle that glows green in certain types of light, adding yet another animal to the growing list of genetically modified dogs and cats produced in recent years. Tegon, the glowing, two-year-old beagle, glows with a bright, fluorescent green hue under ultraviolet light when a ...
Lego Cars Race at 25mph
Saturday, September 10, 2011 · 3 Comments
Engineers at Åbo Akademi University have created the ultimate Mentos and Coke experiment. Dubbed The CoMet Machine, it works by harnessing the Mentos and Coke reaction. When the foaming liquid comes out of the nozzle, it causes a spool to spin. A fishing line connected to a Lego car is wound ...
Sun Explosion
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 · 1 Comment
On the morning of June 7, 2011, the sun had a huge eruption that was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The video here is from an ultraviolet camera, colored orange so that it was viewable. Crazy!
Using UV light to heal scratches
Monday, April 25, 2011 · 1 Comment
Researchers at Case Western Reserve have developed a special polymer that changes its structure when exposed to UV light, the polymer is made up of lots of tiny molecular chains that are held together with a glue of metallic ions. When you shine a UV light on it, the metallic ...
When Cadbury Creme Eggs Meet Science
Friday, April 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Have you ever wondered what would happen to a Cadbury Creme Egg in a vacuum? What about frozen in liquid nitrogen or dipped in potassium chlorate? If so, this is the video for you. Is it wrong that I’m still craving one of these things after watching this? Source: The Atlantic
Driving Fail
Friday, April 8, 2011 · 1 Comment
It is amazing what products actually exist, check out this unbelievable (and somewhat frightening) product named the Wheelmate. It is a desk that attaches to your steering wheel and can support a laptop. Let’s file this one under bad ideas (though if you check out the customer submitted photos for ...
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